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What does detest mean? Is detest a Scrabble word?

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Is detest a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word detest is a Scrabble US word. The word detest is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

D2E1T1E1S1T1

Is detest a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word detest is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

D2E1T1E1S1T1

Is detest a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word detest is a Words With Friends word. The word detest is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1T1E1S1T1

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6-letter words (2 found)

DETEST,TESTED,

5-letter words (5 found)

DEETS,STEDE,STEED,TESTE,TETES,

4-letter words (12 found)

DEES,DEET,SEED,SETT,STED,STET,TEDS,TEED,TEES,TEST,TETE,TETS,

3-letter words (10 found)

DEE,EDS,EST,SED,SEE,SET,TED,TEE,TES,TET,

2-letter words (7 found)

DE,ED,EE,ES,ET,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 37 words from detest according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of detest

detest

Etymology

From Middle French detester, from Latin detestari (“to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness", "denounce", "hate intensely”), from de- + testari (“to testify, bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”); see test, testify.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈtɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛst
  • Hyphenation: de‧test

Verb

detest (third-person singular simple present detests, present participle detesting, simple past and past participle detested)

  1. (transitive) To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
    I detest snakes.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

Usage notes

  • This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:hate

Related terms

  • detestable
  • detestation

Translations

See also

  • abhor
  • despise
  • disdain
  • dislike
  • hate
  • loathe

Further reading

  • “detest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “detest”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • dettes, setted, tested

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